The Brief
- Voting is underway on Tuesday for two special primaries for Senate seats, including District 47 in Woodbury.
- That seat was held by Nicole Mitchell until she resigned after being convicted in a burglary case.
- The special elections for both seats are slated for Election Day.
WOODBURY, Minn. (FOX 9) – A special primary is underway on Tuesday as candidates battle for the Minnesota Senate seat once held by Nicole Mitchell in Woodbury.
Special primary in Woodbury
What we know:
Three candidates have filed to run for the Senate District 47 seat, which covers Woodbury and southern parts of Maplewood, in the east metro.
State Reps. Ethan Cha and Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger have filed for the DFL ticket. On the Republican side, St. Paul teacher Dwight Dorau, who ran against Mitchell in 2022, won’t face a primary challenger.
Mitchell easily won the seat by 16 points in 2022. However, races in 2020 and 2016 for District 53 – the district that covered Woodbury prior to 2020 redistricting – were much closer, particularly in 2016, when the DFL candidate won by less than a point.…